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Originally Posted by Mennonite
Yep. If you need to convert a file to mobi you can use this program:
https://calibre-ebook.com
Alternatively you can use the first link I provided to gain access to Google Play where you can download other ebook aps that can play multiple formats without having to convert them.
I finished up vol. 9 of the Theodore Sturgeon short story collection last night.
Favorite story: "The Girl Had Guts "
Other stories of note:
"And Now the News "
This is one of several story ideas given to TS by Robert Heinlein during one of Sturgeon's frequent bouts with writer's block. It's memorable but I kind of wish Heinlein had kept this one for himself. My two biggest gripes with TS is that many of his stories run too long and his fascination with psychiatric therapy. This story features both. Someone who hasn't read 7 volumes of his short stories in a short period of time probably wouldn't be as annoyed by these things as I was. Worth reading.
TS collaborated with Don Ward to create two more of the stories in this volume. One is a grim little western called "The Waiting Thing Inside" and the other is a drama called "The Deadly Innocent." Both are flawed ("Waiting" needed to develop the female character more to be effective and "Innocent" didn't have a fully satisfying ending, but both stories have more " punch" than most of the other tales found here.
I'm also reading some stories by Leigh Brackett. They're ok. Imaginative and generally entertaining. So far I've read:
The Veil of Astellar
The Moon That Vanished
The Stellar Legion
Shannach—the Last
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Good stuff, thanks man.
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